hundreds ever migrants are schiffering about a critical immigration law. and a drone creeps deep inside of russian territory and killed three soldiers. p plus, should the world take vladimir putin as his word as the russian leader repeats an offer to slide a chair up to the negotiating table with ukraine. this is what we re watching at this hour. and good morning, thank you so much for being here. i m amara walker in for kate bolduan. the death toll from a brutal winter storm rising now to at least 47 western new york bearing the blunt with a once in a lifetime blizzard. the death toll in erie county climbing to 25. more than 43 inches of snow fell over the weekend. and it is still coming down in some places. roads in buffalo are impassable and the city is under a driving ban. over 12,000 people are without power there. the governor of new york has declared a state of emergency and the national guard is deploying 200 additional troops to the western part of the state. e
of the state. buffalo and other cities are struggling to dig out of 43 inches of snow and freezing temperatures and power outages. i ll talk with the buffalo police commissioner this hour. many americans are still feeling the effects of the arctic blast, including millions of air travelers. southwest airlines experiencing massive disruptions, with more than 65% of its flights canceled just today, adding to the holiday travel chaos. also tonight, vladimir putin claims he s ready to negotiate a solution to the ukraine war, but a key ukrainian official says the russian president needs to get back to reality, as moscow continues to slaughter innocent civilians. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin this hour with the deadly weather emergency in western new york. governor kathy hochul is calling it, and i m quoting her, the blizzard of the century and she is warning it is far from over.
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Freshman. No not in this day and age. People do a lot of crazy things in the region of being unsafe. For the most part here on campus i feel very safe. Reporter University Police telling us tonight they had arrested three students in all. Two of them have been charged with drug and alcohol related crimes. And a third student was charged with possession of bomb making material. Now coming up all new at 6 00 youll hear from one student who lives across the hall from the dorm room where all of this went down. We are watching some breaking news right now in the district where protests are growing against donald trump. Outside the aipac convention at the Verizon Center. We want to go live to shomari stone with their message. Reporter right now were in the center of this thing. Were outside of the Verizon Center and donald trump is expected to speak any moment. Walk with me right here. You can see these people protesters, they are s outside, the Verizon Center. Donald trump will be speaking.
This is fox5 local news at 10. Right now at 10, when the donall makes an appearance, emotions run high. He will be terrible. He will be terrible. Todays a pack conference in d. C. Was no difference. The lifely protest and the arrests that accompanied the 2016 president ial candidates ass they address the district. Dis three george mason students charged with having bomb b materials in their dorm room. The beginning ofhour what thisa means as the Transit System strifes to make safety a a priority. Fox5s local news at 10, starts right now. No we thank you for joining us s tonight, everybody. I believe were going to start off tonight with some breaking news. You are looking at life images at deman cuss, maryland. A house is. The damage you might be able toe see is extensive there. The firefighters evacuated the build and theyre establishing a collapse zone, but as of right f now we dont know what caused that fire. Fi im shawn yancy and im jim lokay in for tony perkins. Todayc the 2016 pr